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The objectives of Chinese genealogical research has tremendously changed over time. Researchers are now studying Chinese genealogies as a supplement to other research areas, such as social economic history, geographical history, history of law, population history, religion and culture, history of overseas Chinese, inheritance practices, and biography of historical figures. | The objectives of Chinese genealogical research has tremendously changed over time. Researchers are now studying Chinese genealogies as a supplement to other research areas, such as social economic history, geographical history, history of law, population history, religion and culture, history of overseas Chinese, inheritance practices, and biography of historical figures. | ||
===Histories of Chinese Surnames in Wikipedia=== | === Histories of Chinese Surnames in Wikipedia === | ||
Wikipedia has a number of very useful articles about Chinese surnames, detailing their origins, histories, and distribution in present-day China and sometimes beyond. | Wikipedia has a number of very useful articles about Chinese surnames, detailing their origins, histories, and distribution in present-day China and sometimes beyond. You can view this example to see what one of the articles may have in it. | ||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_(surname) | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_(surname) | ||
Many other pages about Chinese surnames can be found on this category listing page on Wikipedia. | Many other pages about Chinese surnames can be found on this category listing page on Wikipedia. | ||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese-language_surnames | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese-language_surnames | ||
Not all the pages have (surname) after them, since it is more obvious that the article is about a surname. | Not all the pages have (surname) after them, since it is more obvious that the article is about a surname. There will be no specific genealogical data in these articles, only details of how the surname developed, and other historical matters. | ||
To find a page for a surname that for some reason is not listed there, type the URL shown for the Yuan surname as shown above, substituting the surname you wish to see if there is an article about it where you see Yuan in the URL above. | To find a page for a surname that for some reason is not listed there, type the URL shown for the Yuan surname as shown above, substituting the surname you wish to see if there is an article about it where you see Yuan in the URL above. If that does not turn up any results that look right, take off the _(surname) part of the URL, and it is possible that it might be found that way. However, it is possible that articles about some surnames are not on Wikipedia yet. | ||
[[China,_Feng_Ping_Shan_Library_Chinese_Genealogies_(FamilySearch_Historical_Collections)|China, Feng Ping Shan Library Chinese Genealogies (FamilySearch Historical Collections)]] | |||
===External Links=== | ===External Links=== | ||